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COLIAS Fabr. 



C. eurytheme Bd-Lec. Rarely taken. Metis VIII (W); Quebec IX (B); Cowansville (Fy); 

 Montreal VIII-IX (Denny); Mayo VIII (Richard); food plant: clover. 



C. interior Scud. Godbout River VII (Coup); Levis VII-IX (Fy); Buckingham VII (F); 

 Baskatong VII (G); food plant: vaccinium canadense. 



C. piillodice Godt. Metis VII-VIII (W); Godbout River VII (Coup); Tadousac VII (Sa); 

 Cacouna VII (Sa); Levis (Fy); Montreal V-X (W); East Bolton VII (W); Grenville VI 

 (D'U); Newaygo VI (So). 



var. albinic Skin. A greenish white form of female occurs everywhere, 

 var. luteitincta Wolcott. An orange tinted variety, St. Lamberts VIII (W). 

 Food plant: clover. 



TERIAS, Swains 

 T. iisa Bdv. Occasional, Montreal VII (W); East Bolton VII (W); food plant: clover. 



Family NYMPHALIDAE 



These are the four-footed butterflies, the front pair of legs not being of use in walking 

 and are brush-like. The larvae are mostly striped or spotted, and covered with spines. The 

 pupae hang vertically, being suspended only by a button of silk. '^iThey are often ornamented 

 with spots of gold or silver. 



DANAIS Latr. 



D. plexippus Linn. Very abundant some seasons, almost or quite absent in others. Probably 

 never winters in Canada, the summer broods resulting from eggs laid by migrants in early 

 June, Quebec (B); Montreal VI-IX (W); Chateauguay (Jack); East Bolton VII, VIII (W); 

 food plants: milkweed. 



Fig. 4. 

 Danais pUxippu$. 



